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4 Placing WHG-505 in a Network Environment
4.2 Network Requirement
Typically, in a network environment, WHG-505 plays the role of a gateway. On a gateway device, a network port
leading upstream to the Internet or the backbone network is called a 'WAN port' or an uplink port, while a network
port used for branching out to the service the clients downstream is referred as 'LAN port'.
WHG-505 consists of two gigabit WAN ports, which are normally linking up to another routers or modems leading to
ISP. A gateway needs one WAN port only, but if you want dual-homing or dual -uplink to add reliability and
throughput, the second WAN port let you achieve the goal.
WHG-505 has two gigabit LAN ports. There could be other network bridge devices, such as Layer-2 switches or
VLAN switches, between WHG-505's LAN ports and the client devices.
4.3 Setting up WAN1 Ports
WHG-505's two WAN ports are marked as WAN1 and WAN2 on the front panel. Each WAN port supports four
connection types: Static, Dynamic, PPPoE and PPTP. These connection types are enough to support most ISP.
Depending on ISP or the upstream device the WAN port connects, you only need to select one connection type for
the port. For example, if your ISP is Cable modem issuing Dynamic address, then you would select Dynamic
connection when setting up the WAN ports.
Now, let us begin to configure WAN1 port:
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Go to: System >> WAN1
On the WAN1 Configuration Web page, you can decide which of the four connection options (Static, Dynamic,
PPPoE and PPTP) to choose from.
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